Perform variety of attending duties at amusement or recreation facility. May schedule use of recreation facilities, maintain and provide equipment to participants of sporting events or recreational pursuits, or operate amusement concessions and rides.
U.S. Workers
371,590
Median Salary
$30,490
10-Year Growth
+3.4%
Annual Openings
102,400
Typical entry: No formal educational credential
19 of 19 tasks have some AI capability
Exposure Trend
This score reflects estimated AI technical capability for tasks in this occupation. It does not predict employment changes, and it does not account for company-specific constraints, regulation, or adoption barriers.
Sell tickets and collect fees from customers.
AI: Fully automatable - AI-driven ticketing systems and automated point-of-sale solutions can fully sell tickets and collect fees both online and at kiosks.
Record details of attendance, sales, receipts, reservations, or repair activities.
AI: Fully automatable - AI and connected systems can automatically record attendance, sales, receipts, reservations, and maintenance logs with high accuracy and integration.
Rent, sell, or issue sporting equipment and supplies, such as bowling shoes, golf balls, swimming suits, or beach chairs.
AI: Fully automatable - Self-service kiosks, vending systems, and e-commerce platforms already enable fully automated rental, sales, and issuance of sporting equipment and supplies.
Provide information about facilities, entertainment options, and rules and regulations.
AI: Fully automatable - Conversational AI, kiosks, and apps can provide up-to-date information about facilities, entertainment options, and rules reliably and at scale.
Direct patrons to rides, seats, or attractions.
AI: Fully automatable - AI-driven wayfinding, signage, and mobile guidance systems can effectively direct patrons to rides, seats, or attractions in real time.
Verify, collect, or punch tickets before admitting patrons to venues such as amusement parks and rides.
AI: Fully automatable - Ticket verification and collection are widely automated today with barcode/RFID scanners, turnstiles, and mobile apps, enabling full automation of this task.
Keep informed of shut-down and emergency evacuation procedures.
AI: Fully automatable - Automated systems can maintain, distribute, and push updates/alerts and training about shutdown and evacuation procedures, effectively keeping staff informed.
Announce or describe amusement park attractions to patrons to entice customers to games and other entertainment.
AI: Fully automatable - Generative language models plus high-quality TTS and interactive kiosks can create and deliver persuasive announcements and descriptions across speakers and devices, effectively performing this role.
Schedule the use of recreation facilities, such as golf courses, tennis courts, bowling alleys, or softball diamonds.
AI: Fully automatable - Scheduling and booking systems with constraint optimization, conflict detection, and automated confirmations are mature and can fully automate facility scheduling tasks.
Sell and serve refreshments to customers.
AI: Partial - AI can take orders, process payments, and coordinate robotic or human servers, but the physical act of serving refreshments and handling food-safety exceptions is not fully automatable in most venues.
Operate machines to clean, smooth, and prepare the ice surfaces of rinks for activities such as skating, hockey, or curling.
AI: Partial - Autonomous ice-resurfacing prototypes exist and can operate in controlled environments, but deployment, variability of rinks, and safety oversight limit universal full automation.
Operate, drive, or explain the use of mechanical riding devices or other automatic equipment in amusement parks, carnivals, or recreation areas.
AI: Partial - Control systems and AI can automate some driving and explanatory functions, but safety-critical operation and real-time human judgment mean human operators remain necessary in many contexts.
Provide assistance to patrons entering or exiting amusement rides, boats, or ski lifts, or mounting or dismounting animals.
AI: Partial - Physical assistance for entering/exiting rides, boats, or mounting animals requires nuanced human judgment and dexterity that AI/robots cannot fully and safely replicate by 2025.
Fasten safety devices for patrons, or provide them with directions for fastening devices.
AI: Partial - AI can instruct and verify correct fastening via sensors and guidance, but physically fastening many safety devices still typically requires human intervention and oversight.
Tend amusement booths in parks, carnivals, or stadiums, performing duties such as conducting games, photographing patrons, or awarding prizes.
AI: Partial - Automatable components like photo booths and prize dispensers exist, but interactive game operation and customer-service nuances still require human attendants in many settings.
Monitor activities to ensure adherence to rules and safety procedures, or arrange for the removal of unruly patrons.
AI: Partial - AI can monitor for rule violations and alert staff or suggest actions, but safe, lawful removal of unruly patrons and nuanced enforcement decisions require human intervention.
Clean sporting equipment, vehicles, rides, booths, facilities, or grounds.
AI: Partial - Autonomous cleaning robots and grounds machines can handle many tasks, but the variety of equipment, surfaces, and safety requirements prevents reliable full automation by 2025.
Inspect equipment to detect wear and damage and perform minor repairs, adjustments or maintenance tasks such as oiling parts.
AI: Partial - Sensors and computer vision can automate inspection and flag wear, but performing minor repairs, adjustments, and oily maintenance generally still requires human technicians.
Maintain inventories of equipment, storing and retrieving items and assembling and disassembling equipment as necessary.
AI: Partial - Inventory tracking, logging, and parts-assembly instructions can be automated, but physical storing/retrieving and hands-on assembly/disassembly still require human labor or specialized robotics not widely deployed in this setting.